Aspiration can best be minimized for the client receiving gastric tube feeding by:
a. thickening the formula.
b. reducing the rate of administration.
c. elevating the head of the bed 30-45 during and after feeding.
d. flushing the tube with water after the tube feeding is completed.
Question 2
When testing the pH of aspirate from a nasogastric tube, a pH less than 4 would suggest the proximal tip of the tube is located in:
a. the stomach.
b. the jejunum.
c. the respiratory tract.
d. a collection of recently administered antacid.
(a) Feeding by bear on salmon results in large allochthonous inputs of nutrients into (b) the forest
Nurse administering enteral nutrition through a feeding tube.
The stomach lining: gastric glands and the secretion of hydrochloric acid.
Diagram of gastric ulceration by H. pylori. H. pylori travels through the stomach's mucus ...
The client is positioned for the examination
Lobes of the brain, with primary receiving and integrating centers of the human cerebral cortex.